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do you have to use matched xeon pII 400's 1m s or can they be from different batch
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| greetings all
If you wanted to run dual XEON's do they have to be matched paris from the same lot same batch or can they be from different batches ?
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| They can be from different batches. | |
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| thank you Sir
I bought two of them and I thought i was stuck for sure.
Do yo need VRms for each or does it depend on the board ? Obviously I dont know much about building a dual server.
Any help would be oh so appreciated.
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| Glad to help. I don't know much about dual processor systems either, having only worked with one in the past. If only someone would come out with a dual Socket A board I'd buy it. Looks like I'll wait till the Sledgehammer comes out before I go multiprocessor.
By VRM I assume you're refering to voltage regulator module (not an acronym I see very often). I've never really delt with VRMs, most boards have built on voltage regulators. So to answer your question, yes, it does depend on the board, and most boards won't use VRMs.
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| How about this ccieToBe:
http://www.maximum3d.com/reviews/hercpreview.htm
It is not dual Socket A, but it supports dual PIII.
Just curious kmason, why did you purchase the Xeon processor???
[This message has been edited by Bobby Digital (edited 01-08-2001).] | |
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| That's a nice board Bobby. I've been considering going with Dual Celerons overcloked to PIII specs. I'm not sure if I'll go that way or not though. AMD's CPUs offer so much more power for the cost then Intel does, so it may make more sense to get one fast Thunderbird.
Either way I'll upgrade my harddrive system first. Getting 512MB of RAM created a new bottleneck  I'm torn between getting an UltraStar (SCSI160) or two DeskStars (ATA100) in a RAID 0. Do you have thoughts on this? | |
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| Consider cost ccie to be. Which would cost more to add to your computer? Also consider which mobo you will use. If the one you are planning to use has RAID built in, then it is a no brainer.
Also remember that your will not achieve true 100MB/s burst transfer rate from an ATA 100 drive because of the bottlenecking in the throughput. Therefore, you'll only get slightly faster performance.
Also take note that SCSI hard drives generate more heat than IDE drives, so you will have to make sure that you keep your computer properly cooled especially if you overclock (I highly do NOT recommend overclocking).
As far as which way I would go, I would choose the SCSI route and go with the UltraStar. I would also have a SCSI-based system with SCSI CD-ROM and CD-R. But SCSI boards and hardware aren't cheap.
One last note is that 10,000rpm IDE hard drives are one the horizon probably before the end of 2001.
:-)
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| Ultrastar... BEST drives out there for SCSI.
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